MANNION, A.M. creator editor. SpringerLink (Online service) text ne 2006 monographic eng

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access XV, 319 p. online resource. Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of fire, development of agriculture, expansion of Europe, fossil-fuel use and biotechnology. All have exacted an environmental toll, not least being climatic change and biodiversity loss. Carbon management now and in the future is a 'hot' political issue. There is no existing book which focuses on the pivotal role of carbon in the environment and society and the ways in which carbon has been domesticated in time and space to generate wealth and political advantage. Students of environmental science, geography, biology and general science will find this work invaluable as a cross-disciplinary text. THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBON -- THE BIOLOGY OF CARBON -- THE GEOLOGY OF CARBON -- THE HISTORY AND CONSEQUENCES OF CARBON DOMESTICATION -- THE GEOGRAPHY OF CARBON -- THE POLITICIZATION OF CARBON -- CONCLUSION AND PROSPECT. edited by A.M. MANNION. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC GEOGRAPHY ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT, GENERAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCES, GENERAL GEOGRAPHY (GENERAL) ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 333.7 9781402039584 99781402039584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3958-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3958-1 100301 20260521092102.0 978-1-4020-3958-4